English (Science) T4

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Critical Content and Skills

Content Area: English (Science)

Students will know...

Formative Assessment

Students will be able to...

Product Summative Assessment
1. what the four lobes of the brain are and the major responsibilities of each.
 Quizzes
 1. Show how the brain affects actions and learning.
 Comic Life: Create a story with cause and effect.
2. who they are as a person and how to continually take care of themselves, especially their brain.
 Self-Assessment
 2. Recognize their own strengths and weaknesses.
 Glogster: Include what you believe is important based on the tests you have taken.
3. how to give advice through writing letters.
 Prompts
 3. Assume the role of an advice columnist (like Dear Abbie).
 Podcast: Read Dear Abbie letters and then respond to them, recording both sides.
4. how peer-advising is presented in literature.
 Prompts, Quizzes
 4. Analyze author's characterization techniques including the character's thoughts, words and actions; the narrator's description; and the thoughts, words, and actions of other characters. (A2)
 Blog: Respond to prompts based on the novel and its relation to psychology.
5. what it means to actively listen to someone.
 Dialogues
 5. Read between the lines of what people say when they describing a problem in their life.
 iMovie: You and a partner will participate in an active listening activity, making sure to include body language and the listening piece.
6. what psychologists do on a regular basis.
 Observation
 6. Design an informational webpage regarding the field of psychology.
 Wikispace: You will individually create a wikispace that describes what it means to be a psychologist. Include schooling needed, salary, what they do, etc.

Formative

Q - Quizzes
WS - Work Sample
SA - Self Assessment
P - Prompts
O - Observation
D - Dialogues

Product - Summative

CL- Comic Life
IM - Imovie
B - Blog
PC - Podcast
W - Wikispace
G - Glogster


  • Letter Writing
  • Active Listening
  • Peer-advising
  • Personality Tests
  • Define Normal
  • Guest Speakers
  • How the brain works

Understandings
 Essential Questions
3. English (Steph): Students will understand that English comes in many forms (writing, reading, speaking, and listening) and that all of these are necessary in order to be successful, especially in the field of psychology.
 3. English (Steph): How will the different areas in English help me to become successful in the field of psychology?
7. Science (Steph): Students will understand that the brain plays an important part in how people act and how people learn.
 7. Science: How does the brain affect my actions and ability to learn?